Bernadette Peters
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"When former shelter dog Stella's best buddy passes away, her 'mom' (who looks a lot like Bernadette Peters) goes on a journey to bring shelter dog Charlie to join their home. Stella doesn't like how Charlie hogs their mom and doesn't do things the way she's used to. But when she's hurt and needs a friend, Charlie becomes just that"--
2) The jerk
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A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.